New York: French Press and Information Service, [1945]. Softcover. Good. 8.25 x 10.75 in., 16 pp, with six half-tone illustrations showing the Saint-Laurent Penitentiary, political and economic map of French Guiana on back cover. Stapled wrappers. Light staining, edgewear, abrasion to wrappers -- good. Written for an American audience, this..... Item #22917
Lima, Peru: Instituto Andino de Estudios en Poblacion y Desarrollo, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. 55 pp, with two foldout diagrams, bibliography. Short (1/2 inch) tears at head and foot of spine; light handling wear; contents clean and sound. Text in Spanish. A study of migration patterns within the nation of..... Item #329
Guatemala: c. 1862. Very good. Rare carte-de-visite (CDV) photograph, 6 x 10 cm, of Guatemalan President Rafael Carrera, with the backstamp of itinerant American photographer William C. Buchanan, one of the first photographers to work in Guatemala. Carrera (1814-1865) was one of the most powerful figures in nineteenth century Central..... Item #22923
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 8vo, pp xii, 443; viii, 478, [2] (ads), each with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette, folding map in Volume II. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind, with gilt figure on each front board. Account of Burton's journey from..... Item #20752
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 402 pp, with appendix, bibliography, index, and more than 50 illustrations from photographs, in the simplest binding of unadorned grayish-brown cloth. Spine lettering faded but legible. Upper corners lightly bumped, binding sound, text clean. Short ownership inscription..... Item #22266
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Translated by Basil Creighton. 190 pp, illustrated with b/w photos. An as-new copy in a clean dust jacket with slight edgewear. Documents two major expeditions into the jungles between Palenque and Copan on the Yucatan..... Item #13248
Kraus Reprint Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xii, 212 pp, with index. Minimal wear to edges, name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1913 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. XXXI. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the..... Item #1850
New York and New Orleans: George B. Richardson and Bloomfield & Steel, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. iv, 272 pp, with frontis portrait of the author and folding colored map of Brazil and Guyana, in origInal green cloth binding. Minimal external wear, binding sound, but all pages are tanned, some..... Item #22120
London: Methuen, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 390 pp, with index, half-tone and photogravure illustrations from photographs by the author and by Arthur E. Lightbody and Stuart Vines, folding panorama, 2 folding maps. Bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering, image of a condor on upper board. Upper..... Item #22265
Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1970. Softcover. Very good. 214 pp. Rubbing to extremities, pages tanned. Binding sound, no markings. Some pages unopened. Item #13921
Gainesville, FL: College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Catalogue of an exhibition shown and documented in conjunction with the special photographic exhibition Machu Picchu of the Inca, with photography by Roy C. Craven Jr. (36) pp, stapled wrappers. Illustrated with 28..... Item #14777
[Palo Alto, CA]: Dramatists' Alliance of Stanford University, 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 106 pp, ca. 8.5 x 11 inches, original illustrated wrappers. Moderate handling wear, including creasing to cover resulting from a binding error; very good. Second volume in the Coester Series of Translations from the drama of..... Item #20734
London: R.H. Porter, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp. xvi, 269 + [2], ads, with illustrations, folding map. Original blue cloth. Edges of boards rubbed, mild scuffing to rear board. Contemporary ownership signature on title page, otherwise unmarked and sound. "In the following chapters I propose to give a...... Item #14486
Soft cover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the original pamphlet printed in London in 1743. Stapled binding, printed on faux-parchment. Clean, tight, unmarked. "Bitter vindication of [Knowles'] conduct in the disastrous Cartagena expedition, during which he served as surveyor and engineer of the British fleet" (Swann). Item #12679
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Washington, DC: Press of Byron S. Adams, 1912. 6 x 9.25 inches, 72 pp, with chromolithograph frontispiece, many b/w illustrations from photographs. Near fine, with mild edgewear to wrappers. Stamp of the Bolivan Consulate in San Francisco on front endpaper. An attractive informational booklet aimed at potential investors, with description..... Item #18158
New York: The Century Company. Title page undated; copyright 1924.462 pp, illustrated with half-tone photographs. Original pictorial blue cloth boards. Mile sunning to spine and top edge of front board, previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, otherwise clean and sound. A lively travel narrative, in which the author comments..... Item #20516
Kraus Reprint Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. li, 132 pp + illustrations, with frontispiece, index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1920 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series, No. XLVIII. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same..... Item #1860
London: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Hardcover. Very good. Square 16mo, 112 pp, plus [13] blank pages at the back for memoranda and log; many photographic illustrations, including 2 folding panoramas, a folding color map and a table of distances. Early owner's inscription on the front free endpaper; short tear..... Item #14710
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Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Xlvi, 383 pp, with a preface by the translator, A. Giraud. Dark pebbled cloth with five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Tight binding, light foxing, a few marginal pencil lines. First French edition of Sarmiento's most famous book, considered one of the..... Item #13461
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 224 pp, indexded, illustrated with photographs and maps. Top edge slightly dust-soiled, else fine. Dust jacket has just a touch of wear. A record of expeditions made in four successive summer seasons across..... Item #22607
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xi, 428 pp + publisher's ads, with two lithographed plates before the title page, showing Rio de Janiero and Catete, Original red cloth binding, with chipping to cloth at base of spine, light wear to edges. Internally sound and clean..... Item #22164
Gainesville, FL: University Gallery, College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Exhibition catalogue. (20) pp, with introductory essay, map, b/w illustrations from photos of the textiles exhibited. As new, in original stapled wrappers. Item #14778
Mexico: Coleccion Distrito Federal, 1988. Softcover. Very good. Text in Spanish. 74 pp, with color illustrations from photographs, in original illustrated wrappers. Gift inscription on front endpaper; else clean and sound with light handling wear. Item #15023
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x, [13]-386, in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends, corners rubbed through, slightly shaken, but still a better than average copy of this title, which is often found in poor condition. Hill (1910): The ships made port in..... Item #20650
